鲮鲤科
líng​lǐ​kē

pangolin family

鲮 líng carp Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

夌
夌 Sound component
líng to surpass, to ascend

Sources

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Unicode

鲤 lǐ carp Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鯉.

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish
里
里 Sound component
lǐ, li village

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

科 kē section

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the sound and 斗 represents the meaning. Depicts measuring out grain (禾) with a dipper (斗).

Components

禾
禾 SoundMeaning component
hé grain stalk
斗
斗 Meaning component
dòu ladle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蝌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰoːl
kʰoːls
Unicodekuɑ

說文解字

《說文》：“科，程也。从禾，从斗。斗者，量也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鯪 carp Traditional

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

夌
夌 Sound component
líng to surpass, to ascend

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

鯉 lǐ carp Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish
里
里 Sound component
lǐ, li village

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartliXmə-rəʔcarp (n.)
Zhengzhangrɯʔ
Unicodeliə̌

說文解字

鱣也。从魚里聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)